Scott Mc Kiernan presents zReportage.com Issue #916 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY November 28, 2023: ‘Housing Purgatory’ by ZUMA Partner newspaper The Tampa Bay Times photo-journalist Douglas R. Clifford and story by staff writer Lauren Peace: Unable to find affordable housing and barred by poor credit or hefty security deposits, families across Tampa Bay are cramming into motel rooms to avoid life on the street. Not quite homeless but stuck in transition, working families like Jennifer Spencer’s are trapped in housing purgatory. In a state that’s second-worst in the nation for low-income people seeking housing, according to the National Low-Income Housing Coalition, getting out has begun to feel like a fantasy. Welcome to ‘Housing Purgatory’
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